Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

18 reviews

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Homophobia and Xenophobia

Homophobia listed bc the f-slur is used for humor, xenophobia bc some of the jokes about minorities are harmful stereotypes. Definitely a product of 90s sensibilities, otherwise a very hilarious and touching book.

whosgina's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Racism, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexism and Misogyny

bek_p87's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was unlike anything I'd ever read before. I very much enjoyed it - so clever and funny, and the perfect amount of gentle mockery of Christianity.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Gun violence, and Homophobia

popsicleplease's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and War

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Fatphobia

thelibraryofalexandra's review against another edition

funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Xenophobia

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The most delightful thing about this book are Aziraphale and Crowley, who have a lovely relationship and are also both just fun in their own ways.
I was deeply fascinated by how many different ways they found to call Aziraphale gay. Personal favourites include him collecting Oscar Wilde first editions, getting called three different anti-gay slurs, and frequenting discreet Victorian gentleman's clubs.
The book contains some killer quotes and I quite liked the ending. 

Unfortunately there's rather a lot of scenes you have to soldier through that are about character that didn't interest me despite their best efforts.
Also, as much as both Anathema and Madam Tracy are boring, they still deserve better boyfriends than the ones they end up with. Those dudes Suck.
The scenes that I hated the most were the ones apparently written mostly by just-Neil or just-Terry, which are the long passages of War and Famine that aged incredibly poorly, and children talking at each other for ages. 

There's also a lot of racism in this book, which is either supposed to be satire or just reflecting the way that white British people in 1990 thought about the rest of the world. Doesn't change the fact that it's racist, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Homophobia, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Cursing, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism, Car accident, and Confinement

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Ableism, and Misogyny

mixmousereads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Body horror, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Homophobia

Minor: Cursing

bookish_bry's review against another edition

adventurous funny relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I am a bit biased reading this, because I watched the first season of the television show already and loved it. I really love this story and the characters. The world is just a fun place, and I adore the little footnotes. It was just a super fun read that was full of funny bits. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Death, and War

There was one scene with maggots that was pretty gross and would probably freak someone sensitive to that out. Overall though even darker topics in the book are taken more for laughs and not very explicit.

melissa_j_27's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia